Kay Siering

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Kay Siering (2017)

Kay Siering (born January 6, 1976 in Hamburg ) is a German television journalist , producer and TV presenter . He has been the managing director of Spiegel TV since January 2019 .

Life

After graduating from high school , Siering studied political science , history and journalism at the University of Hamburg and Harvard University ( USA ). During his studies he already worked as a freelancer for various daily newspapers and television productions , including for Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) and Spiegel TV.

Since 2003 he has worked in various functions for Spiegel TV. As a filmmaker, he made numerous TV documentaries for ZDF , ARD , Arte , National Geographic Channel and Vox . From 2011 to 2017 he was in charge of the “Co- and commissioned productions” department, and since 2017 he has been responsible as a producer for the production of series and documentaries for public and private TV stations in Germany as well as international co-productions. In March 2014, Siering was also appointed deputy editor-in-chief of Spiegel TV. He also works as a TV presenter. From 1998 to 2008 he moderated the news of the TV station Vox. Since November 2010 he has presented as a representation of Mary Gresz the Spiegel TV Magazine ( RTL ). He also teaches as a lecturer at the HSBA Hamburg School of Business Administration and the International Film School Cologne (ifs).

In January 2019, Kay Siering was appointed Managing Director of Spiegel TV, succeeding Managing Director Dirk Pommer, who was leaving at the end of the year. Siering carries out the work together with Managing Director Goetz Hoefer.

Siering is married and lives with his wife and two children near Hamburg.

Awards

Many of the TV programs realized or produced by Kay Siering received awards or were nominated for several prizes (selection):

German television award

  • "Behind Bars - The GDR's Secret Women's Prison" (VOX) Director: Susanne Gerecke, Kay Siering, nomination "Best Documentation" (2010)
  • "Equator - 360 ° - The Line of Life" (ZDF, Arte, NHK, Discovery Channel Canada) Producer: Kay Siering, nomination "Best documentary multi-part" (2019)
  • "Inviolable - The Fight for Human Rights" (ZDF, Arte, CBC Canada) Producer: Kay Siering, nomination "Best Documentation" (2019)

Grimme Prize

  • "Flucht nach Europa" (ZDF, Arte) Producer: Kay Siering, nomination "Best information broadcast" (2016)

New York festivals

  • "The Olympic Dream - The 1936 Nazi Games" (ARD) Producer: Kay Siering, World Silver Medal (2017)
  • "Inviolable - The Fight for Human Rights" (ZDF, ARTE, CBC Canada) Producer: Kay Siering, World Gold Medal (2020)

Filmography

As a filmmaker (selection)

  • 2016: Terra X “Adventure South Sea” (ZDF, Arte), co-author: Christopher Gerisch
  • 2015: “Incurably pedophile?” (3sat), co-author: Liz Wieskerstrauch
  • 2015: Terra X "Adventure New Zealand" (ZDF, Arte), co-author: Christopher Gerisch
  • 2014: Terra X "Adventure Alaska" (ZDF, Arte), co-author: Christopher Gerisch
  • 2014: Terra X “Secret Societies” (ZDF, Arte), co-authors: Jens Nicolai, Nanje Teuscher
  • 2013: "Gunter Sachs - The Gentleman-Playboy" (ARD, SRF), co-author: Jens Nicolai
  • 2012: Terra X "Adventure Siberia" (ZDF, Arte)
  • 2011: Terra X "The Tell Halaf Find" (ZDF, Arte)
  • 2010: Terra X "Treasure Hunt in the Deep" (ZDF, Arte)
  • 2009: Terra X "The Secret of the Ice Age Hunters" (ZDF, Arte)
  • 2008: "Behind bars - The secret women's prison of the GDR" (VOX)

As a producer (selection)

  • 2020: "The greed for salmon" (Arte)
  • 2020: "Adventure Vietnam" (ZDF, Arte)
  • 2019: "Scandinavia's hidden paradises" (ZDF, Arte)
  • 2019: "Operation Moon Landing - NASA and the Ex-Nazis" (ARD, Arte)
  • 2019: "Tank. Power. History. "(Arte)
  • 2019: "Measuring the Earth" (ZDF, Arte)
  • 2019: "Federal Police LIVE" (Kabel Eins)
  • 2018 "Inviolable - The Fight for Human Rights" (ZDF, Arte, CBC)
  • 2018: "Equator - Line of Life" (Arte, NHK, Discovery Channel Canada)
  • 2018: "Hartes Deutschland" (RTL 2)
  • 2018: "The dispute over brain death" (Arte)
  • 2018: "Re:" (Arte)
  • 2018: Terra X "Puzzling Phenomena" with Dirk Steffens (ZDF)
  • 2017: "Mensch Schröder" (ZDF)
  • 2017: "Inherited Scars" (ARTE)
  • 2017: "The most spectacular criminal cases" (Kabel Eins)
  • 2016: "The Dream of Olympia - The Nazi Games of 1936" (ARD, Arte)
  • 2016: "Kabel Eins Doku Magazin"
  • 2015: "Matterhorn crime scene" (SRF, ORF, ZDF, Arte)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Management and managing director: Kay Siering. In: Website of the SPIEGEL Group. Retrieved August 16, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Co- and commissioned productions: reports and documentations. In: spiegel-tv.de. Retrieved May 13, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Kay Siering becomes managing director at Spiegel TV. In: dwdl.de. Retrieved May 13, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Nominated 2010. In: Website Deutscher Fernsehpreis. Retrieved August 23, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Nominees 2019. In: Website Deutscher Fernsehpreis. Retrieved August 23, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Nominations for the 52nd Grimme Prize 2016. In: Website Grimme Institute. Retrieved August 23, 2020 .
  7. ^ New York Festivals, Worlds's best TV & Films, 2017. In: newyorkfestivals.com. Retrieved on August 23, 2020 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Siering, Kay
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, TV presenter and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg